The Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/328
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 and come into force on the 21st day after the day on which they are made.

(2) These Regulations extend only to Northern Ireland.

Section 2 Amendment of the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017

(1) The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 6(2) (essential requirements), insert—

(3) Where paragraph (4) applies, radio equipment must be constructed so that it complies with the requirements of Article 1 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/320 supplementing Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3(3)(g) of that Directive in order to ensure caller location in emergency communications from mobile devices .

(4) This paragraph applies to radio equipment in the form of hand-held mobile telephones with features similar to those of a computer in terms of capability to treat and store data.

(3) In regulation 41 (conformity assessment procedures)—

(a) in paragraph (5), after “regulation 6(2)” insert “or (3)” , and

(b) in paragraph (6), after “regulation 6(2)” insert “or (3)” .